“As this primary season has gone along, a strange sensation has come over me: I miss Barack Obama. Now, obviously I disagree with a lot of Obama’s policy decisions. I’ve been disappointed by aspects of his presidency. I hope the next presidency is a philosophic departure. But over the course of this campaign it feels as if there’s been a decline in behavioral standards across the board. Many of the traits of character and leadership that Obama possesses, and that maybe we have taken too much for granted, have suddenly gone missing or are in short supply.”
In questa riflessione pubblicata da New York Times sulle ragioni per cui David Brooks già rimpiange Barak Obama è spiegato in modo chiarissimo il motivo per cui tanti milanesi rimpiangeranno Giuliano Pisapia.
Una frase in particolare è la più significativa: “Now, obviously I disagree with a lot of Obama’s policy decisions. I’ve been disappointed by aspects of his presidency. But over the course of this campaign it feels as if there’s been a decline in behavioral standards across the board.”
Ecco, questo. Sono stato in disaccordo con molti aspetti delle politiche di questa amministrazione, ma in questa campagna per le primarie ho percepito un crollo degli standard di comportamento cui Pisapia ci ha abituati, un crollo che mette una grande inquietudine.